Desperate to help her son, Rabiye Kurnaz, a housewife and loving mother from Bremen, goes to the police, notifies authorities and almost despairs at their impotence and in the end, against all the odds, something truly remarkable happens.

It's all about life and death for Jan and Arne - both on the job and in private. Pretty much business as usual in a mortician's everyday life. But what to do when most of your clients' graves get dug by the competition?